Red coral??

[aussiefossils84]

Red coral? Found in beach tide it has a dot on top that looks like it came off a branch or something.
groved line that runs all way around and meets.
looks almost symmetrical on both sides.
Any ideas?? I seen similar to this in cooktown when visited but was more branch like.

 

[Kingsolomon]

You'll have to get a metal detector with all the stuff your finding on the beach! you have luck on your side ...
But don't know what that is...

 

[Taipan]

if it was coral itd be more porous like the chunk your specimen is sitting on
I think it maybe a seed of some sort

 

[Heatho]

Once Coral dies it bleaches very quickly, not Coral.

 

[aussiefossils84]

Haha yes I will have to work on that one Kingsolomon

I know there is branches coral like this but I haven't seen a round one!!

Maybe seed 'Taipan' but yes I have seen smooth like this, Also its on a shell not coral

 

[Paydirt]

plant and water it for a couple of weeks

 

[Lefty]

plant and water it for a couple of weeks

My thoughts exactly

I reckon it's a seed of some sort.

 

[aussiefossils84]

It is hard a glass.. probably harder and also shiny,
Its not going to grow

Hasn't changed since I found it while ago

 

[Lefty]

It is hard a glass.. probably harder and also shiny,
Its not going to grow

Hasn't changed since I found it while ago

Some seeds have an extremely hard, glossy outer coat though, especially some that are dispersed by the tides (eg, matchbox bean). I have to say it does look like a seed to me (not a matchbox bean), I'd suspect the seed from beach or dune scrub plant.

But it looks nice - maybe set it in a shell necklace as tropical beach jewellery

 

[TTKooAu]

Just putting it out there that it looks like a circassian seed from the gulgani tree from India

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/jumbie2b.jpg

A very interesting seed, indeed!

 

[Lefty]

Just putting it out there that it looks like a circassian seed from the gulgani tree from India

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/jumbie2b.jpg

A very interesting seed, indeed!

Northern Australian flora shares some relationships with Indo-Malay flora, so I guess it's possibly it or a close relative.

 

[TTKooAu]

Weigh it.... guessing 4 grams

 

[Paydirt]

Soak it in hot water for a couple of hours

 

[aussiefossils84]

Weigh it.... guessing 4 grams

0.32

 

[aussiefossils84]

Yes TTKooAu, Does look very similar same grove lines

Do you know anymore about this seed?